'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref name=C>{{CG|C}}, pp. 765, 768</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972|dated=|website=TB|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]] (which also has the desk).<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts|dated=|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref>ref name=C/>

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'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref name=C>{{CG|C}}, pp. 765, 768</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972|dated=|website=TB|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]] (where also the desk is now found).<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts|dated=|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=C/>

==See also==

==See also==

*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)

*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)